QUESTION 14

1. If a metes and bounds description does not start and end at the same "point of beginning", then:

		The land boundary is connected "as the crow flies."
		The metes and bounds description is invalid.
		A new point of beginning must be chosen for the description to be valid.
		The land boundary is completed as to its current use (ie: any fences or borders in place will be the ruling boundary).

2. A "monument" in terms of a metes and bounds description refers to:

		Any easily identifiable natural object.
		An easily identifiable manmade object that is permanent in nature.
		Any physical object referenced in a metes and bounds description.

3. Principal meridians are ______, while base lines are ______.

		North-south longitude lines, east-west latitude lines.
		East-west latitude lines, north-south longitude lines.
		Used in government surveys, used in plat-mat descriptions.
		Used in plat-mat descriptions, used in government surveys.

4. The government survey system refers to:

		The government census.
		The Electoral College.
		A system of mapping the United States.
		Questionnaires filled out by landowners.